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·Updated Jun 30

Designing for touch

Braille embosser vs Swell form: Best practices for creating paper-based tactile graphics. — Introduction During my residency at the NYU Ability Project and ITP, I delved into the world of designing Tactile Maps to improve accessibility for people with visual impairments. Although I am not an expert in this field, I had the opportunity to create accessible navigation resources for this space. The experience…

Accessibility

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Designing for touch
Designing for touch
Accessibility

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Apr 19, 2021

Brainstorming ideas for Collective Play

Drawing inspired games — Game1: Exquisite corpse A random person selects a word and that word passes to each person. The first person needs to draw something for 10 seconds and the drawing is passed to another person that only sees a little bit. The next person has to continue the drawing (from what…

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Real Time Social Spaces

·Mar 15, 2021

Peek-a-Boo

Exploration of a Playful experience for Real-Time Communication — Intro During my class in Real-Time Social Spaces, I decided to base my research on body-engaging experiences for children. This is part of one of my explorations for my thesis in developing body-centric interactions for children. While I was doing some exploration with ML5 in Three.js, I found that the Peek-a-Boo…

Threejs

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Peek-a-Book
Peek-a-Book
Threejs

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Real Time Social Spaces

·Feb 20, 2021

Control camera position with FaceAPI

and Topia Experience — Description My goal for this week was to use face position to change the camera position, changing how someone is able to interact with the project. I used FaceApi from Ml5 to control camera position as a way to control your point of view. Like last week, I started my exercise…

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Control camera position with FaceAPI and Topia Experience
Control camera position with FaceAPI and Topia Experience

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Real Time Social Spaces

·Feb 16, 2021

Running three.js - webrtc

Description: I tried to understand how to import models into three.js. I tried to incorporate 3d models and primitive objects to explore the space. I also included a fog function to see how that actually affects the environment. It’s interesting to think of how to furnish an environment so vast…

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Running three.js - webrtc
Running three.js - webrtc

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Collective Play

·Feb 15, 2021

Shared Canvas and the absurd

Shared Drawing Canvas Diagram- Description My goal was to create a shared canvas where you can draw 🖌️ with other users connected. I made a very simple approach to this one brush, black for you and white for the other user's brush. Users can clean the canvas on both sides of the experience. Code | Demo Diagram

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Shared Canvas and the absurd
Shared Canvas and the absurd

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Real Time Social Spaces

·Feb 6, 2021

Swapping faces

Swapping faces to create new identities. — Ideation Building new identities by swapping masks. This project reminds me in some ways of a face-swapping effect. The other users in the exchange don’t see you, only see your mask representation. To create an effect of new identities, I made the personal image using a black and white filter. In…

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Swapping faces
Swapping faces

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Digital Fabrication — Blog

·Dec 10, 2020

Enlight

Light patterns for breathing practice — Description: It’s a meditation assisting device that animates lights in patterns that you can follow with your breath. I made this to assist me in my own meditation practice. Link to documentation Rendering How does it work? https://youtu.be/5J1LYk6YfJQ To activate a light sequence. The base has openings for 4 cylinders. User place a cylinder in the base. Each cylinder corresponds to a specific light color and pattern.

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Enlight
Enlight

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Dec 8, 2020

AR Shared

Multi-player in Augmented Reality using WebXR API. — Description An exploration of features for collaboration in AR. Project for Explorations in AR at ITP/NYU. Code | Demo (for iPhone, open it in Mozilla XR) Motivations and Context Not sure if it’s the months of isolation while going to school, but I felt more interested in sharing and collaborative environments. Before the pandemic…

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AR Shared
AR Shared

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Nov 21, 2020

HH Final Project

Ideation for Sharing a Canvas — Goals for the project I only have one idea in mind at this moment and is to try to do a shared canvas where you can paint with other user connected. …

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HH Final Project
HH Final Project

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Themis García

Themis García

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Product UX Designer, Accessibility Researcher, Artist | PR-born & raised | She, Her, Ella| themisgarcia.com

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